On 11th May 2016, SPERI (Social Policy Ecology Research Institute) TOA partners hosted the public forum: NATURAL OR ORGANIC: WHAT ARE THE CHANCES FOR OUR FARMERS? CURRENT DEBATE IN VIETNAM AND LESSONS FROM THE REGION in Hanoi, Vietnam. The forum started by Prof. Le Van Khoa, SPERI representative to remark the significant of organic agriculture for farmers,…

During 18th – 20th April 2016, TOA and CNR organised the workshop of experts on organic seeds at College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan. There were 10 experts on seeds attended in the 2-day meeting for brainstorming to find out the solution on local seed selection and seed breeding. The workshop brought into…

New TOA project has been launched! This year, TOA invites you to join Mindful Markets Social Enterprise Course from 23rd August – 4th September, 2016. The course aims to inspire the concept of mindful markets social enterprises through the process of sharing and learning experiences and skills from successful social enterprises and at the same time…

Towards Organic Asia (TOA) is a partner-driven network, managed by the coordinating team based on School for Wellbeing, studies and research Secretariat Office in Bangkok, Thailand. Towards Organic Asia begins as an initiative of Vandana Shiva, a leading environmental activist, to strengthen and move forward the existing movement of agroecology in Asia. Inspired by the Bhutanese’s “100…

During March 1-5, 2016, TOA Team, Ampika and Siya attended National Agricultural Fair at Maejo University in Chiang Mai. In this fair, there are various kinds of agricultural technologies and innovation, particularly, organic agriculture which is the university vision in next 10 years to be the full organic agricultural university of Thailand. Furthermore, dialogues of…

The Achievement of Multi-stakeholder Dialogue towards Sustainable Food Systems and Warm Gathering of Hope the multi-stakeholder dialogue has been organized on 16th December 2015 at Faculty of Communication Arts, Chulalongkorn University. This was a great opportunity for multi-stakeholders on food systems in Thailand to exchange and discuss towards the direction of food sustainability. The dialogue…

Towards Organic Asia programme has its overall objective to set up a functioning network of organizations, experts and committed individuals that will support information and experience sharing, technical knowledge exchange and joint activities in order to promote agro-ecological practices in Asia. This will be achieved through four thematic working groups, whose activities will focus on…

The programme seeks for the alternative and positive changes in today’s conventional agriculture practices in Asia. Towards Organic Asia upholds IFOAM’s principles of organic agriculture to serve and inspire the organic movement in the Mekong region, Bhutan and Asia, in its full diversity. The core principles upheld by IFOAM positions agriculture within an ecological, economic, social…